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Remains of the Statue of Kossuth Lajos

Remains of the Statue of Kossuth Lajos
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Settlement:
Losonc, Lučenec
Address:
Kubínyiho námestie
Historical Hungarian county:
Nógrád
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.327761, 19.670471
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History

The statue of Kossuth Lajos, the leader of the Hungarian War of Independence in 1848-1849, was unveiled on September 19, 1910 in the middle of the Kubinyi square. It was the artwork of Holló Barnabás. The statue was destroyed by the invading Czechoslovak soldiers in January 1919. The stone statue of the Hungarian freedom fighter that was originally on its pedestal is now in the garden of the Gallery of Nógrád.

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